Honors Lecture: Dr. Mark Scherer

Dr. Mark Scherer

Thursday. Oct. 17, 2013 from
11:10 am - 12:15 pm

Shelby Center 107, UAH campus

Open to the public.
For a general audience.

Dr. Mark Scherer, of the University of Nebraska in Omaha, will speak on Finding Meaning in Tragedy: Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013 at 11:10 in Shelby Center 107. This lecture is free and open to the public. Dr. Sherer is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Nebraska - Omaha. His visit to campus is partially sponsored by the Honors College.

As the 150^th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address approaches, Dr. Mark Scherer, Chair of the Department of History at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, will offer an analysis of that iconic event.  Scherer’s presentation will focus on the military and political dynamics that brought Lincoln to Gettysburg that day in November 1863, the purpose that lay beneath the language he chose to use, and the way in which his words have resonated throughout American history.

Dr. Scherer received his Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2003, and his J.D. from the Ohio State University College of Law in 1981. A former practicing attorney, he is the author of Rights in the Balance: Free Press, Fair Trial & Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart and Imperfect Victories: The Legal Tenacity of the Omaha Tribe, 1945-1995, along with various journal articles, encyclopedia entries, and book reviews related to U.S., Great Plains, and Native American legal and political history. His current projects include a history of the federal district court of Nebraska and a reference work on twentieth century Native American history.

In his non-academic moments, Scherer enjoys all forms of sports as both a spectator and participant. A former college baseball player, he now particularly enjoys golf and old man's softball, and he has spent many years coaching his sons' baseball and basketball teams. An Ohio native, he is a devoted follower of the Ohio State Buckeyes and Cincinnati Reds.

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